I know my guy is laughable, and what I am saying is heresay not my own lies, thank you very much.

Anyways, I bet he is right. No dealer is going to get a brand new 2012 Jeep SRT8 in and give it away that day. No dealer. Sorry. Maybe if they get 10 but who is getting 10 right off that bat??

Where's Milous when you need him...

Keep them coming. Will you be here all night? If so, I'll make sure to try the Veal and tip my waitress graciously.

Hey, at least your dealer admits he's a scumbag (still wondering how he says each dealer is only getting 2, and his first two are going on the lot, but yours...the third....will go to you in the next shipment. I thought he just said each dealer was only getting 2???)

I think what he means is Jeep is building the dealer stock vehicles FIRST, at least 1 or 2, so they have something in their showrooms. Then they are focusing on fulfilling the 4EA sold orders within that week or beginning the week after. I dunno, but to me it makes sense. You don't give away all of your builds cuz then nobody will know the vehicle even exists...

Jeep would rather build a unit that is going directly into a customers hand without sitting, rather than anchoring someone's showroom with a ridiculous mark-up just to show it off. That doesn't make Jeep look good at all. It's one of the main reasons the '04-'06 GTO turned out poor sales. Dealers destroyed the market with ridiculous mark-ups and holding the vehicles hostage. By Aug 2004 they had to give '04 GTOs away to make way for the upgraded '05s.

Actually, the 1-2 a dealer first gets won't be for sale, they will be on the showroom floor, driven around, maybe some serious test drivers if they want to do that, etc.. Any customer can walk in the door and order one right then and there. Nothing is preventing that from happening. Chrysler has to have product placement in order to have product sales. Not everybody lives on the Internet like us, and reads about this stuff months before it comes out...

I don't know much about dealerships and what they do with the 2012 when they are shipped but it makes more sense to sell them to just keep them in a showroom. If someone sees a srt-8 fly bye them on the street that would create more excitement for them to go to the showroom then just seeing it in the showroom

Actually, the 1-2 a dealer first gets won't be for sale, they will be on the showroom floor, driven around, maybe some serious test drivers if they want to do that, etc.. Any customer can walk in the door and order one right then and there. Nothing is preventing that from happening. Chrysler has to have product placement in order to have product sales. Not everybody lives on the Internet like us, and reads about this stuff months before it comes out...

I seriously hope you are joking......I thought your first post was just trying to get some people fired up until there was no "Guys, I am just kidding" follow-up.

A few points to consider, I am happy to take these statements back if proved wrong...

Dealers are in business to make money....Cars do not make money sitting in showrooms, dealers incur carrying costs / advertising costs, not to mention customers who might go elsewhere if their orders are sitting in the dealer showroom.

We have numerous members who have received confirmation of VIN's and even some have expected delivery dates which is in sharp contrast to any theory that new vehicles will be sitting in showrooms when they arrive. There may be a dealer with no customer orders who has priority and will get one they can put in a showroom, but if a dealer has a slot, their sold orders take priority over their stock.

Product Placement is achieved through all of those car magazines that are going to be allowed to print their reviews in the next few weeks.

Well, I think probably what is going on here is the dealer is taking the first two for himself, and I had the next order so I will get 3 and my guy will get #4.

Probably because we didn't have a VON before maybe we got bumped and they wanted 2 for their dealer owners to cruise around in for a few days or what have you.

Anyways, he said there would only be 2 in the first shipment to that dealer on the 29th. So it's not that there are 2 different orders being done before-hand (i.e. dealer stock) it's just the dealer likely inputted all stock orders as 4EA sold so they would get them built and shipped.